Half-Life 2 Hands-On

SpinnerSpinner Birmingham, UK
edited May 2004 in Science & Tech
Gamespy, PC-ign and Gamespot have thrown up their Half-Life 2 hands-on experience articles.
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(Gamespy)The first level we played was set at the very beginning of the game, and - like Half-Life's famous opening tram ride - Half-Life 2 starts with Gordon Freeman's transit to "City 17," which provides the backdrop for much of the game. As Lombardi tells us, Half-Life 2 starts a "significant number of years" after the original events at the Black Mesa Research Facility, and it's clear that the world has been significantly changed.

(PC-ign)Next up was my favorite part of the playtest, a ride in the buggy in the seafloor level. Hopping in the buggy was as easy as getting close and hitting the "F" key. After that, I was off down the road perched precariously over a steep ocean cliff. The buggy drove quite nicely, and although it did rock around and hop a bit, especially when traveling over broken pavement, it didn't feel overdone, as if I were in low gravity or driving on the moon. I took a few pot-shots with the mounted gauss gun just to get a feel for it. You control the gun with the mouse while driving with the keyboard keys, so you can peg things pretty easily even while moving.

(Gamespot)So what, exactly, did we get to play? We got to play through a couple of different sequences, one of which was a story-driven, largely noninteractive expository sequence near the beginning of the game and the other of which was an action sequence involving action both on foot and behind the wheel of a nitro-equipped buggy (the one shown off at last year's E3). We can say that the initial sequence, though there was no real gameplay to it apart from just walking through an environment, was more impressive; it demonstrated to us that Valve still has a knack for creating dramatic, suspenseful sequences that can be exciting even without any kind of real action happening onscreen. That's as impressive of a feat as ever.
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Comments

  • LincLinc Owner Detroit Icrontian
    edited May 2004
    OMG, can we PLEASE have some Doom 3 news??? :rolleyes:

    ;D
  • FormFactorFormFactor At the core of forgotten
    edited May 2004
    LOL! Yeah no kidding. According to Amazon.com Doom3 will be out June 15th. Thats just over a month away. I am pretty stoked. But it will prolly be pushed back AGAIN :( .
  • LincLinc Owner Detroit Icrontian
    edited May 2004
    I'm holding my breath for June 15th. They better stick to this one! :bigggrin:
  • pseudonympseudonym Michigan Icrontian
    edited May 2004
    We'll find out real quick if that date is right. Doom3 is going to let half-life do all their pre-show stuff and then take most of the spotlight during the show I think,
  • MedlockMedlock Miramar, Florida Member
    edited May 2004
    From what I've seen so far, I'm looking forward to HL2. Maybe it's just the hype... But all these delays suck @$$! I've always liked the first HL, and I've never played any of the DOOM series. Plus I like the graphics better so far. :thumbsup:
  • KingFishKingFish
    edited May 2004
    Joint Ops, June 20-something. It puts HL2 and D3 on the back burner IMO.

    KingFish
  • SpinnerSpinner Birmingham, UK
    edited May 2004
    Russell wrote:
    OMG, can we PLEASE have some Doom 3 news??? :rolleyes:

    ;D
    I know what you're insinuating, but it isn't anything to do with me. I post as much news as I see, if I see some news about other games like, Doom 3, or whatever, they'll get posted to. The primary news site's I visit however, give HL2 more exposure, for whatever reason. I haven't got time to promote, at least not intentionally.

    The more news the better is what I say, whether it's about 'HL 2' or 'Longhorn', it's all good, in saturated amounts or not.

    I will however now make a concerted effort to find some news on Doom 3. If I can't find any, I'll just make some up.

    :rolleyes::mean::rant: -- ;)
  • SpinnerSpinner Birmingham, UK
    edited May 2004
    http://www.short-media.com/forum/showthread.php?t=13662
    http://www.short-media.com/forum/showthread.php?t=13660
    http://www.short-media.com/forum/showthread.php?t=13656

    Happy?
  • Unregistered
    edited May 2004
    hello does any one kon when hl2 is coming out, or halo 2 , doom 3 please tell me or email me at scorpion_venom_666@hotmail.com thank you please. (",)
  • Unregistered
    edited May 2004
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  • Unregistered
    edited May 2004
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